NWS Albuquerque NMSV.W 0294September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bernalillo and Cibola, NM
The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bernalillo and Cibola in New Mexico, which was in force until 2:15 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 294th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Albuquerque issued in 2026. New Mexico had 83 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 38 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albuquerque NM
- Area
- Bernalillo and Cibola
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:31 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 2:15 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KABQ SV.W 0294
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico since 2008Every warning type in New Mexico
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The notice as issued
SVRABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bernalillo County in central New Mexico... East Central Cibola County in west central New Mexico... * Until 215 PM MDT. * At 131 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of Mesita, or 9 miles southeast of Laguna Pueblo, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Tohajiilee. This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 120 and 130.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico since 2008417 a year
- Every warning type in New Mexico
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels